Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Sebastian Crane @seabass@social.seabass.systems

8/22/2025, 4:27:57 PM

Public

Is it possible to make a post on the Fediverse which:

is publicly viewable to all,
doesn't necessarily get delivered to my followers' timelines, and
is delivered to everyone following a particular hashtag?

I have lots of interests and would like to toot more about them: railways, FOSS, standards, politics etc., but I don't want to spam all of my followers with stuff they're not interested in. I could create multiple profiles, but that seems like a crude hack - is there a better way?

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Bradley M. Kuhn @bkuhn@copyleft.org

8/24/2025, 5:24:10 AM

Public

I don't think this exists, @seabassSebastian Crane. I am #fediverse / #ActivityPub / #Mastodon n00b, but I think your options for this are:

0) Create a separate account for other interests & link them via your profiles (I see this often.)

1) Contain the discussion to a thread (always reply, never new post) & use the appropriate hash tag.

2) Use the hashtag as content warning so followers can ignore easily if not interested.

I post about #MST3K enough I've considered (0) & making @bkuhn@mst3k.social …

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